Thursday, December 17, 2015

FINALLY GETTING TO UFO'S

I've finished all of my Christmas projects. I got an early start for once. Usually, it would be unbelievable that I would be working on anything but last minute projects. This project is anything but last minute. This is a 22x28" quilt that is made from a Primitive Gatherings pattern. I made hundreds of 1" and 2" half square triangles. I mostly worked on these when sewing with friends because they mostly took time and not much thought. THIS part takes a lot of thought. I am sure that there are easier ways to do this, but I decided to just grid off the layout sheet and mark as I go. I should have made a copy, but I didn't think of it. I don't think that I will consider making this again so it's not a big deal. Unfortunately, I already put what I thought was a block together, so I am already working out of my grid. Oh well. no biggie. I decided to just color areas in red as I pieced them. There is a LOT to be said for paper piecing. It is so tedious to piece otherwise. But like I always say, " making miniature quilts has greatly improved my piecing skills on normal sized quilts". You should give it a try.

2 comments:

Oh, I love this pattern. Looking good so far. : )I have this quilt all cut out, but only one block made. I am making my HSTs a little smaller than the pattern called for. And mine is in scrappy blues and browns.It is a long term when-I'm-not-in-the-mood-to-sew-anything-else kind of project. I just hope that when I am in that mood I will still feel like sewing on this. Look forward to seeing yours come together.